2.79k reviews for:

Carve the Mark

Veronica Roth

3.65 AVERAGE

adventurous medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really liked this book - it had a good pace but it ended chapters nicely (so you weren't trying to rush through reading it). The main characters were amazingly well written and had a bit of depth to them and the world building was sensational which I suppose is to be expected of Roth.

I look forward to reading its sequel.
adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i read this when it came out as a teenager and i'm curious to reread it as an adult 

NOTE TO FUTURE RACHEL: You don't care enough to read the second and final book in the series.
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

DNF at page 146

This book is way too long for me to keep reading this amount of boring writing. I went into this book with high hopes. The Divergent trilogy is one of my favorite series and I had been excited about a new book from Roth since it was announced. There's been plenty of controversy around this novel that I had heard about shortly before going into it which had already killed my excitement in reading it. Still deciding I needed to see for myself, I couldn't make it far. I found the plot to not be interesting at all, characters bland, and couldn't imagine the world because there was hardly any description of it.

2'5/5
adventurous tense